Cook`s Final Voyage

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Cook's Final VoyageJames King, 1785COOK’S THIRD VOYAGE – [COOK, Capt. James (1728-1779) and Capt. James KING (1750-1784).] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London: H. Hughs for G. Nichol and T. Cadell, 1785. Second edition, with the Atlas. It is Cook's own accounts published in these quarto volumes, which are the cornerstone for any collection of Pacific voyages. As Hill notes, "He did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors together had done." Best of the West 14; Hill 361; Holmes 47; Lada-Mocarski 37; Mitchell Library Cook 1552.Four volumes comprising three quarto text volumes and folio atlas. Text: Quarto (302 x 230mm). 24 engraved plates, maps and charts (13 folding) and letterpress folding table. Modern tan sprinkled calf. Atlas: Folio (560 x 410 mm). 61 engraved plates after Webber with later hand-coloring and 2 engraved folding maps (general map with some soiling and repaired tears, first plate rehinged and creased, some light browning, spotting and dustsoiling). Modern half calf. Provenance: Herbert East (ownership inscription in text volumes).
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